Comparing Nephrologists’ Self-Reported Decision-Making Skills and Treatment Attitudes With Their Patients’ Experiences of Making Kidney Therapy Decisions and Receiving Nephrology Care

Dialysis is often initiated in the United States without exploring patients' preferred decision-making style, and conservative kidney management (CKM) is infrequently presented. To improve kidney therapy (KT) decision-making, research on nephrologists' comfort with various decision-making styles, attitudes towards CKM, and reports of patients' lived experiences with KT decision-making is needed.